NEW ARRIVALS IN ANTIQUE SCULPTURE  
 
     
 
Otto Gutfreund (Czech 1889-1927) "Viki" bronze.The present work was conceived in plaster during the years 1912-1913. This cast was in the collection of The Emil Filla family, Vienna Austria and purchased directly from them. The cast has a deep brown, slightly rubbed patina, and was cast in the 1960's
Dimensions:  Height 13 inches ( 33 cm)
 
 
   
Richard Kauffungen (Austrian, 1854-1942) A Vienna bronze sculpture of Leonardo da Vinci (1452 –1519). The base of the sculpture depicts elements of his work, an artist's palate with brushes, a large note book, an art folio for his drawings and a bronze architectural column. Superb quality bronze cast with a light brown patination and darker contrasting highlights. The bronze is fitted to a dark green/ black marble base. Leonardo da Vinci is titled in the bronze at his feet also signed by the artist. Richard Kauffungen was an accomplished sculptor in marble. His work with Franz Xaver Messerschmidt and Caspar Zumbusch may be viewed at the University Palace of Vienna. Kauffungen wrote books on sculpture and was a highly sought after portrait sculptor from 1890 to the late1920's in Vienna . He worked mainly on commissions and it is rare to find a historical sculpture in his oeuvre.
Dimensions:Total height 15 &1/2 inches
 
           
   

Professor J Tuch (German ?  -1945)  "Gladiator"  A circa 1915 bronze sculpture with green and gilt cold painted patination with the foundry stamp for Argentor Wein.and signed Prf. Tuch (also known as Bruno Zach). Signed on the bronze base, set on black marble with white and gold striations.
Dimensions: Total height 15 inches.

 
           

 
     
An unsigned bronze circa 1960, possibly Italian. Inscribed with the letters PV. An Etruscan style sculpture with a mid brown patination of a horse and riders.
Dimensions: Total height 16 inches by width 14 inches.
 
   
 
     
 

Edgardo Simone (b. Brindisi Italy 1890, d. 1948 Hollywood California).Bronze bust of a young woman
The son of a Brindisi doctor, Simone studied at the Beaux Arts Academy in Rome from 1906-1913. He  worked in New York, Chicago and California after immigrating from Italy . Signed E.Simone .Foundry markings for Lagana Napoli  Italy.

 
 
Dimensions: 12 inches in height
 
   
     

Vittorio Guttner (Italian 1869 -1937) "Eve after the Fall" Monumental signed Art Nouveau bronze inkwell of a sleeping nude female at the base of a tree. Cast circa 1910. Guttner was a close friend of the German writer Karl May and completed Western subjects for him in 1928.
Dimensions: Length 16&3/4 inches by width 10 inches by height 4 inches.

 
 
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